eWEEK Staff

U.S. Court Orders Google to Turn Over Data Stored on Overseas Servers

Today’s topics include a Federal Court’s ruling that Google must comply with an FBI demand for customer data stored on Google servers located overseas, a Cisco report that predicts the number of mobile phones across the world will reach 5.5 billion by 2021, Microsoft’s preview of its Storage Service Encryption for Azure customers and Google’s […]

Leak of Windows 10 Cloud Suggests Microsoft Readying Chrome OS Fighter

Today’s topics include the leak of Windows 10 Cloud, TiVo’s analysis of which Super Bowl LI ads performed the best, the European Union’s confirmation that Google’s international data transfer contract clauses are compliant with data protection requirements and the latest version of Evernote for iOS has new content capture functionality. Chromebooks, inexpensive notebook PCs powered […]

Panel Feb. 9 Examines ‘AI-Powered Analytics for Production’

Production operations teams in companies such as Uber, Google, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are handling millions of data points per second and analyzing it all in real time to keep their hyper-scale applications up and running. While this kind of high-end production is uncommon at this point, the trend is moving steadily toward more and […]

Google Shuts Down Short-Lived Hands Free Mobile Payment App

Today’s topics include Google’s decision to shut down its Hands Free mobile payment application, Microsoft’s addition of Evernote and other add-ins to its Outlook application, the new Tenant Restrictions feature in Microsoft Azure that helps tighten access controls and a SecureWorks’ analysis that found that the majority of cyber-attacks involving phishing and network scams. Like […]

Snap Inc. Files for an IPO Worth an Estimated $3 Billion

Today’s topics include Snap Inc.’s official announcement that it will go public on the New York Stock Exchange in March, the addition of new tab management features and WebVR support in Microsoft’s Edge browser, Google’s release of a beta version of pre-configured images for Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise on the Google Cloud Platform and LogicHub’s […]

Google Wins Appeal of ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Case in Japan

Today’s topics include Google’s legal victory in a “right to be forgotten” case in Japan, HPE’s acquisition of security analytics vendor Niara, the RiskIQ study that found that malvertising increased by 132 percent in 2016 and Microsoft’s addition of a real-time internet of things dashboard to Power BI feature. In a legal victory for Google […]

Flock Updates Collaboration Platform With ‘Fake News’ Detector

Today’s topics include Flock’s decision to add “Fake News Detector” to its messaging platform, Google’s updates to its G Suite applications to improve user security, modifications to the Dridex banking trojan that make it even more effective at stealing financial account data, and HPI’s release of its latest thin laptops. Flock, a new messaging and […]

Ransomware Shuts Down 70 Percent of Washington Surveillance Cameras

Today’s topics include the discovery that a ransomware attack shut down about 70 percent of Washington, DC’s municipal security cameras, the IT industry’s response to Trump’s travel ban, Google’s moves to establish its own independent Root Certificate Authority and Snapchat’s preparations to release its initial public stock offering on the New York Stock Exchange. For […]

Microsoft Sends Alert About PDF Documents Hiding Phishing Scams

Today’s topics include Microsoft’s warning to email users about new PDF phishing techniques, Pew Research’s finding that the majority of Americans do not trust social media sites or the government to protect their personal data from cyber-threats, Toshiba’s financial decision to spin off its Flash data storage business and Microsoft’s Azure cloud business revenue nearly […]

Yahoo Topped Record List of Data Breaches in 2016, Report Finds

Today’s topics include a security report that shows the theft of 1.5 billion Yahoo user records helped make 2016 a record year for data breaches, Facebook’s announcement that it is implementing Security Key technology, the Office 365 Threat Detection feature that warns users of unsafe email links and Platform9’s new managed Kubernetes service to enable […]